The search goes on for two people still missing following wildfires which devastated Colorado
Buildings were burnt to the grounds in a matter of hours in Colorado, ITV News' Robert Moore reportswildfires that ripped through a suburban area near DenverOne person previously missing was found alive, officials said on Sunday, but the search for the remaining two was complicated by still burning debris and the snow.
No downed power lines around where the fire broke out in the area located between Denver and Boulder.The wildfire came unusually late in the year, following an extremely dry autumn and amid a winter nearly devoid of snow - conditions experts say certainly helped the fire spread. Sheriff Pelle said officials were organising cadaver teams to search for the missing in the Superior area and in Boulder County.
The snow and temperatures in the single digits cast an eerie scene amid smouldering remains of homes.Despite the shocking change in weather, the smell of smoke still permeated empty streets blocked off by National Guard troops in Humvees. Utility crews struggled to restore electricity and gas service to homes that survived, and dozens of people lined up to get donated electric heaters, bottled water and blankets at Red Cross shelters. Residents have been urged to use fireplaces and wood stoves to stay warm and keep their pipes at home from freezing.Noah Sarasin and his twin brother Gavin volunteered at one distribution centre, saying: “We have a house, no heat but we still have a house.
Both teared up when a man entered the shop and joked aloud that he had lost his coffee mugs — and everything else — in the fire. The man was in good spirits, laughing at the irony of the situation.
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